U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s financial trades are drawing attention after a New York Times analysis of his transactions found 20 “possible conflicts” of interest between companies and commodities Tuberville traded and his official Senate business.
, even after he promised to no longer trade the company’s stock
Of 101 companies or commodities Tuberville traded and reported to the Senate Ethics Committee, about one in five were deemed by the Times’ analysis as being a possible conflict for the senator because of policy he could influence or information he could learn as a member of certain Senate committees.Subcomittee on Commodities, Risk Management and Trade.
The report did not indicate whether Tuberville and other elected officials mentioned in the analysis profited from the trades. He also said he did not gain any nonpublic information that would benefit him financially, adding that he would not share that information with his advisors even if he did so.
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